Hungary

The Hungarian government has given its blessing to a controversial sponsorship deal between Russian energy firm Gazprom and the country’s leading football team Ferencváros, signalling its intention to continue relations with Russia despite its invasion of Ukraine.

Fifa has issued tenders in six Central and Eastern European countries for media rights to the 2026 and 2030 men's World Cups as it seeks to maximise the commercial impact of improved qualification prospects for Europe's mid-tier nations.

Lega Serie A is close to finalising its first international broadcast deals of the new cycle after rights were awarded in eight countries from the 2024-25 season onwards

Moves to centralise the Olympics qualification process have been advanced with the dual hosting appointment of Budapest and Shanghai, as the International Olympic Committee continues its push to better…

Multi-platform subscription broadcaster DAZN has acquired rights to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, GT Masters and GT4 Germany touring cars series in eight markets

The sales process for broadcast rights in Hungary to Uefa club competitions across the 2024-27 cycle has started today (Monday)

World Table Tennis (WTT), the commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), has agreed a sponsorship deal with gambling platform 188Bet ahead of its inaugural WTT Champions event

The European League of Football has secured a new broadcaster in Hungary after striking a deal with media group Network4. The American football league, which is led by former ProSiebenSat

The German Football Federation (DFB) has signed a quartet of four-season media rights deals in Europe for its DFB-Pokal club cup competition, while also signing shorter-term deals in an array of other…

Budapest will host the first three stages of the 2022 Giro d’Italia, organisers have confirmed – two years after it had originally been set for the Hungarian capital.

Automated sports video and analytics company Pixellot has agreed a broadcast production deal with the Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation (MJSZ)

Budapest’s Mayor, Gergely Karácsony, has found himself at loggerheads with the Hungarian government over the staging of the 2023 World Athletics Championships in the city amid the proposed development of…

Fina, the global governing body for aquatic sports, has confirmed the final calendar for the 2021 Swimming World Cup, with four legs to be held throughout October in Europe and the Middle East

Hungarian commercial and pay-television broadcaster TV2 has renewed a rights agreement for football’s English Premier League and signed a new deal to cover the German Bundesliga, while also preparing t…

The Hungarian capital of Budapest has been announced as the host of Europe’s first World Table Tennis Series event next month. 

Broadcasters in a total of 18 different European and Central Asian countries must submit their bids in the second week of June for a suite of Uefa men’s national team rights during the 2022-28 cycle.

Hungarian media group Network4 has acquired rights to Germany’s Bundesliga for the next four seasons. The deal also grants Network4 rights to the second-tier 2.B

Broadcast rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been acquired by a string of agencies and broadcasters in different international markets.